{"id":2380544,"date":"2026-04-20T01:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2380544"},"modified":"2026-04-20T01:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:10:19","slug":"aaron-judge-ben-rice-continue-hr-barrage-yankees-blank-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/aaron-judge-ben-rice-continue-hr-barrage-yankees-blank-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Judge, Ben Rice continue HR barrage, Yankees blank Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Aaron Judge and Ben Rice homered off Cole Ragans in the opening two innings, and the host New York Yankees continued their dominance over the Kansas City Royals with a 7-0 victory on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Wells contributed a sacrifice fly as the Yankees won their 10th straight regular-season game over Kansas City. New York also is 11-0 against the Royals since a 6-5 loss in Game 2 of the 2024 ALDS.<\/p>\n<p>Following a nearly three-hour rain delay, the Yankees finished off the three-game sweep by quickly gaining a lead.<\/p>\n<p>Judge hit a two-run homer on a first-pitch curveball following a walk by Rice, who batted leadoff for the first time this season after starting 21 games there last season. Judge&#8217;s 425-footer onto the netting above Monument Park was his MLB-best ninth homer and sixth in eighth games.<\/p>\n<p>After Wells&#8217; sac fly later in the first, Rice gave the Yankees a 4-0 lead in the second when he belted a 0-1 fastball into the right field seats. It was Rice&#8217;s fourth straight game with a homer, his eight of the season and his third off a left-handed pitcher.<\/p>\n<p>Trent Grisham added a three-run homer in the fifth when he parked a 1-0 fastball into the right field seats for a 7-0 lead. Cody Bellinger opened that inning with a double on a ball that landed in between left fielder Issac Collins and shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., and Paul Goldschmidt walked to set up Grisham&#8217;s homer.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Weathers (1-2) showed better fastball command after allowing three of his four homers on the pitch in Tuesday&#8217;s 7-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Weathers scattered five hits in 7 1\/3 innings Sunday, striking out eight and walking one in his first win as a Yankee.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees outscored the Royals 20-4 in the final two games of the series after Ryan McMahon&#8217;s two-run homer in the eighth gave them a 4-2 win on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Ragans (0-4) tied a career-worst seven runs allowed in 4 1\/3 innings. Ragans also issued a career-high eight walks and yielded four hits while throwing six strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals saw their losing streak reach seven games. Kansas City also lost for the 10th time in 12 games and were blanked for the third time this season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yardbarker.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Judge and Ben Rice homered off Cole Ragans in the opening two innings, and the host New York Yankees continued their dominance over the Kansas City Royals with a 7-0 victory on Sunday. 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